Drank 2 Bottles A Day’: Driver On Meerut Murder Accused’s Himachal Vacation

Meerut:

Muskaan Rastogi and her friend Sahil Shukla regularly purchased alcohol, ordered a birthday cake and even visited a gurudwara during their 15-day trip to the hills from March 4, hours after they murdered a former Merchant Navy officer and dismembered his body in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut. 

According to the cab driver who was hired to take the accused from Meerut to Shimla, Manali and Kasol in Himachal Pradesh, Muskaan and Sahil barely spoke to one another as they left for the trip.

I did not know about the murder. The cab, a Swift Dzire, was booked on the morning of March 4. I reached the given address in the evening to pick up the two people for the 15-day tour. They ate food but barely spoke on the way. The woman would always get down from the car each time her mother called,” the driver, Ajab Singh, told NDTV.

Mr Singh said that during their stay in Shimla, Muskaan had sent him an audio message, requesting him to buy a birthday cake. “She told me that it was his (Sahil’s) birthday and asked me to get a cake from somewhere. She told me to keep the packet in her room and asked me to say that it belongs to me and that I would take it the next morning. She also told me not to call but text her in case I managed to buy the cake,” he said. 

The driver said the two accused also visited a gurudwara in Shimla and showed a receipt of the parking fee. He said the vehicle was also refuelled on March 7.

Mr Singh said Sahil used to drink at least two bottles of alcohol everyday. “They used to regularly buy alcohol. I did not know the woman also used to drink till I saw her buy and consume alcohol when we were returning to Meerut,” he said.